In area state baseball games:
CLASS 1, DISTRICT 9 Semi-Final
St. Elizabeth 16 Calvary Lutheran 0
New Haven 5, Community 4

CLASS 1, DISTRICT 12 Semi-Final
Mendon 11, Higbee 1
Cairo 10-4 over Glasgow

CLASS 1, DISTRICT 13 Semi-Final
Atlanta 11, La Plata 1
Brashear doubles up North Shelby, 8-4 .

CLASS 2, DISTRICT 5 Semi-Final
Paris edged Veritas Christian Academy 9-8.
Silex 11, Clopton 1

CLASS 2, DISTRICT 7 Semi-Final
Salisbury 6, Linn County 4.
Westran in a pitcher’s duel over Fayette, 2-1.

CLASS 3, DISTRICT 6 Championship
#1 Macon, #2 Palmyra

CLASS 3, DISTRICT 7 Semi-Final
North Callaway 5, Centralia 2
#3 South Callaway 12, #2 Montgomery County 3

CLASS 4, DISTRICT 7 Quarterfinal
Kirksville 6-3 over Hallsville

CLASS 4, DISTRICT 8 Semi-Final
Father Tolton 11-1 over Wright City
Fulton narrowly over Southern Boone, 2-1

CLASS 4, DISTRICT 9 Semi-Final
Blair Oaks13, Versailles 4
Eldon shuts out California, 8-0

In college baseball yesterday, the Missouri Tigers put a bow on one of the worst season’s in program history with a 4-1 loss to Alabama, in the first round of the SEC tournament. Mizzou finished the year 16-39.

In MLB, Royals starter Michael Lorenzen was the loser last night as Kansas City fell to the San Francisco Giants, 3-2.

St. Louis Cardinals let one get away last night at Busch Stadium. Trailing 4-0 in the 5th, they climbed back into their contest with Detroit. They tied it up at four-all going into the 9th when Cards reliever Kyle Leahy gave up a go-ahead double, as the Tigers took game 2 of the three-game set, 5-4.